Nancy Van de Vate (born December 30, 1930) is an American-born composer living in Austria. Life and career Van de Vate was born in Plainfield, New Jersey. She studied piano at Eastman School of Music and music theory at Wellesley College and completed graduate degrees in music composition at the University of Mississippi and Florida State University. She later pursued further studies in electronic music at Dartmouth College and the University of New Hampshire and is known worldwide for her music in the large forms. Her first professional performance (1958) was of the Adagio for orchestra. During the early part of her career she taught at various North American universities and worked as a violist and pianist. She taught at Memphis State University (1964–66), the University of Tennessee (1967), Knoxville College (1968–69; 1971–72), Maryville College (1973–74), the University of Hawaii (1975-76), and Hawaii Loa College (1977–80). In 1975, Van de Vate founded the League of Women Composers and served as chairperson until 1982. (later renamed the International League of Women Composers, now part of the International Alliance for Women in Music). Van de Vate now lives permanently in Vienna, Austria and teaches composition at the Institute for European Studies in Vienna. In 2010 the IES named her Composer-in-Residence. Selected works Opera Hamlet 2009, Opera in five acts, after Shakespeare, recorded 2011, premiered by The University of Mississippi's Opera Theatre Group April 18, 2015 Where the Cross is Made, 2003, Opera in three acts, Libretto based on the play by Eugene O'Neill, 60' VM Premiere: 2005, Normal IL, US, Illinois State University Opera, Karyl K. Carlson; Cond. Rec. VMM 4006, 2006, Michelle Vought, sop, Christopher Hollingsworth, bar, Timothy Schmidt, bass, Clinton Desmond, ten. Soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, 1/1/1/1 – 1 - 2 perc, pn/cel-str.(3,3,2,2,2) Im Westen nichts Neues, 2002, Opera in three acts, libretto after the novel by Erich Maria Remarque, 95', VM. Premiere: 2003, Osnabrück Opera, Germany, Hermann Bäumer, Cond. (see below) All Quiet on the Western Front, Opera in three acts, 1999, libretto after the novel by Erich Maria Remarque, 95', VM. Prem. 2003, New York City Opera ("Showcasing American Composers"), George Manahan, Cond. Rec. VMM 4004 (2 CDs), 2002, Moravian Philharmonic and soloists from the Janáček Opera, Toshiyuki Shimada, Cond. 2 tenors, 2 baritones, bass, soprano, mezzo, orch: 2/2/2/2 - 2/2/2/0 - 3 perc - hp – str Nemo: Jenseits von Vulkania, Opera in four acts, libretto: Allen